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Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain

Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 11 sights

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 11 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain near Winton, PA. The route passes Olyphant Reservoir Number 3, Olyphant Reservoir Number 2 and O'Conner Reservoir. It climbs 1,262 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,234 – 2,090 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.47321, -75.53037
Nearest town Winton, PA
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Olyphant Reservoir Number 3–Olyphant Reservoir Number 2, 11 sights

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,235–2,089 ft

Out & Back · Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain

Trailhead: 41.47321, -75.53037

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Olyphant Reservoir Number 3.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miPass Olyphant Reservoir Number 2.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto High Voltage, heading S.
  9. 200 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
  10. 100 ftBear right onto High Voltage, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Power Line Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Waterfall, heading SE.
  13. 0.6 miBear right onto White Birches Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Waterfall, heading S.
  15. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftTurn right onto Power Line Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Stonehenge, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right onto The View, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto After Five, heading W.
  20. 1.4 miPass O'Conner Reservoir.
  21. 0.2 miBear right onto Gene's Trail, heading SW.
  22. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Rock Angel Quad Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left onto Gene's Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  27. 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  28. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/olyphant-reservoir-number-3-olyphant-reservoir-number-2-out-back-13-sights

Trail surface

74% dirt6% gravel20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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